Open AccessRehabilitation of long‐term defunctionalized bladder for renal transplantation
Author(s) -
Khudair Waleed K. AI,
Mansi Mostafa K.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplant international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1432-2277
pISSN - 0934-0874
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1998.tb00836.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rehabilitation , transplantation , urinary system , nephrology , kidney transplantation , kidney , urinary diversion , urology , urinary bladder , surgery , physical therapy , cystectomy , bladder cancer , cancer
Some kidney transplant candidates have urinary diversion due to lower urinary tract dysfunction. Careful assessment of the native defunctionalized bladder before kidney transplantation may reveal a usable bladder in a substantial number of these patients. However, most of these bladders need some kind of rehabilitation. An assessment of the continence mechanism is also crucial. We report on successful kidney transplantation into a native bladder, defunctionalized for 9 years, after it had been carefully evaluated and rehabilitated.